“We get thousands of hits a month on this system of people trying to get in that are up to no good,” she said.

“This is the time that we’re going to be changing all of our security protocols to make sure it’s even harder to get into that system.”

Updating the state’s voter registration systems isn’t as easy as switching out one system.

“People probably wouldn’t realize that there are three voter registration systems in this state,” Reagan said.

The two largest Arizona counties — Maricopa and Pima — have their own platforms, while the 13 other counties run off the third.

Reagan said the three-system setup works, but it could be easier.

“It’s like if one person has an iPhone and one person has a Windows phone and the other person has an Android, but yet they all need to run the same program at the same time,” she said. “Chances are, it’s not going to work as well than if everyone were just using the same platform.”

Reagan hoped the update is a good time to rework that system.

“We’re hoping going forward that the counties all consider banding together on one system, because it’s going to be a lot easier for the citizens to use,” she said.

The updated system should not only be a lot harder to hack, but it should streamline routine tasks, provide simplified and efficient daily processing of voter registrations while adding the ability to provide precinct-based and centralized polling places, real-time poll books and offer flexibility for growth and scalability.